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What always strikes me about Spokane's poetry is the range. We are fortunate to have so many excellent writers in our community: poets, essayists, memoirists,...

Dennis Held reads his poem "Moonflower Serenade"

Dennis Held reads "Because" by Grace Schulman

Dennis Held reads "Midnight is a Beautiful Curse" by Dorianne Laux

Chris Cook is Spokane’s current Poet Laureate. His first collection of poetry, The View from the Broken Mic, was published in 2012 (Gray Dog Press). Additional work has been published by Sage Hill Press, Scablands Books, and The Spokesman-Review. His children’s poetry has been published by Little, Brown Books, Meadowbrook Press, and Scholastic Press. His latest collection, Damn Good Cookie, was released in 2016 by Korrektiv Press. Chris competed in the 2013 and 2014 National Poetry Slam, ...